>fall for the o'connor memes
>read her short stories
>every single one does the "title of the book in the text" meme
>"A good man is hard to find," Red Sammy said.
>Occasionally he saw a sign that warned: "Drive carefully. The life you save may be your own."
>She had said, "A long illness," but she had added, whispering, with a very I-already-know-but-I-won't-tell look, "it will bring you a stroke of good fortune!"
>Then the front door opened and out stepped the man, the Displaced Person.
Flan Flan you fucking HACK. like holy shit are you even trying with that last one?
shithole
He's not joking
who gives a cat's whiskers
>>8429839
>somehow this takes away from the quality of her stories
Maybe it's a cheesy device, so what. Is that the only issue you have?
>>8430078
it means she's a fucking HACK
>>8429839
that's common with short stories.
I think she probs wrote them and then picked a phrase for the title, not so hackish
>>8429839
>trusting croats
How do you think they got their titles?
>>8430078
It's not even a fucking device.
Holy shit you people.